Cock and valve packing



Feb. "2, 1926. 1,571,803

' J. F. RUSSELL COCK AND VALYE PACKING Filed Nov. 5. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVEN IOR wn-ucss:

1,571,803 J. F. RUSSELL COCK AND VALVE PACKING Filed Nov. 3. 1924 2 Sheets-Shoat 2 1 A ////M ak/W Feb. 2 1926.

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Patented Feb. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES JOHN F. RUSSELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COCK' AND VALVE PACKING. 7

Application filed November 3, 1924. Serial No. 747,609.

To all whom it may con 06m: 1

Be it known that I, JOHN F.- RUSSELL, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cock and Valve Packing, of which the following is a specification.

v My present invention pertains to the packing of cocks, valves and the like, and contemplatesthe provision of metallic packing members so constructed and adapted for'use in cocks, valves and the like as to efiiciently pack the same, and this without giving rise to undue friction, and in such manner that when necessity demands a packing member may be expeditiously and easily removed from a cook or valve and as readily replaced with a fresh packing member.

Other objects and practical advantages of my invention will be fully understood from the following description and cla'im's when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a cock embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a section taken in the plane indicated by the line 22 of Figure 1. v

Figure 3 is a section on the line 38 of Figure 2.

Figure 4: is a detail View of one of my novel packing members.

Figure 5 is a diametrical section of the other metallic packing member of said embodiment.

Figure 6 is a detail view of the plug of the said embodiment.

Figure 7 is a section showing a cheaper embodiment in which one of the packing members alluded to is omitted. I

Figure 8 is a diametrical section of a check valve equipped with modified packing means of my invention.

Figure 9 is a detail view of one of the packing members of the modification.

Figure 10 is a detail view of the other packing member of the other modification.

Figure 11 is a detail view of the threaded stem of the modification.

Similar numerals designate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 6 to which reference will first be made.

The embodiment referred to includes a body 1 having a bore 2 intersected by'a valve seat 3 and also having at opposite ends of the valve seat comparatively large interiorly threaded portions at. The said portions 1 are connected by ports 5 with the valve seat 3 as shown in Figure 2 for a purpose before described. It will also be noted that circular grooves 6 are formed in opposite sides of the body 1 and about the ends of the seat 3 as shown in Figure 2.

In addition to the body 1, the valve comprises a plug or valve proper '7 with an elongated port 8 adapted to adequately register with the bore 2 even after the plug is adjusted to compensate for wear. The said plug 7 is provided with a stem 9 of angular cross-section in the end of which is a recess 10., In addition to the elements named the cock includes a closure plug 11 threaded to engage one of the portions 4, a closure plug 12 threaded to'engage the other portion 4, a metallic packing member 13, and ametallic packing member 14. The closure plug 11 is provided at its inner end with a diaphragm 15 having a central depression and an annular groove surrounding said depression, and it will be noted that the metallic packing member 13 is provided with a central depression and an annular groove surrounding said depression so that said packing member 13 will snugly rest in and be braced and supported by the diaphragm 15. It will also be noted that the packing member 13 includes a marginal flange 16 the edge of which is arranged to seat from one of the circular grooves 6 of the body 1. Exteriorly the plug 12 is preferably though not necessarily shaped as shown, and it will be noted that the said plug 12 is provided with a central bore 1?, and with a diaphragm 18 which has an annular groove 19 surrounding the bore 17. In the said groove 19 is snugly seated the annular groove portion of a vmetallic packing member 20, the said member 20 having a flange 16 for cooperation with the valve body 1 in the same manner as the before described flange 16. The said packing member 20 is integral with a stem 21 which is chambered at 22 and has an angular end 28 for the application of a handle, and it will be noted that the member 20 is merged into the wall of the said chamber 22. As i11- dicated by 24 in Figure 2 a compressible packing of any appropriate material is disposed in the chamber 22 and in the recess 10 of the plug stem 9. Manifestly the diaphragm 18 of the closure plugs 12-will brace and support the packing member 20 in the same manner that the diaphragm 15 of the plug 11 braces and supports the packing member 18.

Manifestly the packing members 13 and 20 relatively arranged as shown will preclude leakage, and this without undue friction between the packing member 20 and the valve body 1. The ports 5 before alluded to are designed and adapted Ito drain moisture from the chambers at opposite sides of the valve seat 3 and within the packing members 13 and 20 into the bore 2. It will also be appreciated that the relative arrangement 01" the packing members 13 and 20 such that when necessity demands either of the packing members may be readily removed and as readily replaced with a. fresh packing member.

The packing member 13 is omitted togethcr with the closure plug 11 from the modification shown in Figure 7, the said modification being a cheaper type characterized by an integral body portion 1 which serves in lieu oi the closure plug 1.1 and the packing member 13.

The valve modification illustrated in Figure 8 is of check type and includes a body 1, a *alve seat 3, a valve body 7, a cap ll connected at l to the body, a nut 12 threaded in the body, a stem 23 threaded as shown and opposed to the valve body 7 so as to limit the opening of the latter, a metallic packing member 13 and a packing member 20. The body 1 is provided about a chamber 30 therein with a circular groove 6, and it will be observed that the cap 11 is corrugated or provided with a circular groove and a circular rib, the latter about the threaded portion of the cap in which the nut 12 is disposed. The metallic packing member 13 is shaped-i. e., corrugated, to snugly conform to and be braced and supported by the inner face of the cap 11 and is provided with a marginal flange 1G to seat in the groove G of the body 1. It will also be noted that the said member 13 is provided with a central angular aperture 40 to receive the angular stem 23, and that in order to strengthen the engagement of the member 13 with the stem 23 the said member 13 is provided with a central oil'set portion ll, appropriately lined to the member 13 and having an angular aperture 42 in coincidence with the aperture 110. As shown in Figures 8 and 10 the me tallic packing member 13 is provided with a. circular groove -13 to receive the end of the metallic packing member 20, Figure 8. This provision which involves cooperation between the packing members 13 and E30 obviously serves to e'lliciently prevent leakage. at the top of the valve. The packing member 20 is carried at the lower end ol an interiorly threaded sleeve 50, the sleeve 50 being exteriorly partly circular and having adjacent to its outer end an angular portion 1 which merges into a threaded end 5:2, the angular portion 51 being for the engagement ot a handle 53 for the turning of the member E20 about its axis, and the end 52 being for the mounting of a washer 5st and a nut The sleeve stem ol" the member 90 is adapted to be turned about its axis in the nut 1.2, and it will be noted that the packing member 20 is an'rugated to conterm to and snugly lit and be braced by the inner' end of the nut 12. hlanilestly turning of the packing member 20 will be attended by but little friction and hence while the said packing members will cl"- iicieutly prevent leakage they will not render the valve hard to operate. Again it will be appreciated that when either of the packing members 13 and 20 is impaired or worn it may be quickly and easily removed and as readily replaced with a fresh packing member.

It will be readily understood from the :loregoing that metallic packing members of my invention and characterized as stated can be economically manufactured in large quantity; also that the packing members of metal being corrugated permit of equal expansion and contraction and contribute to flexibility of operation. In this connection, I would have it understood that I prelier to term the packing members of metal possessed of flexible and hard and tough quality such as hiluntz metal.

I have specifically described the construc tions of the preferred embodiments of my invention in order to impart an exact understanding oil said en'ibodiments. I do not desire, however, to be understood as contining myself to the specific construction and relative arrangement oi parts as disclosed, my invention being defined by my appended claims within the scope of which modifications may be made without departure from my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, 182

1. The combination in means for the purpose described, ot a body having a valve seat and a bore intersecting said valve seat and also having grooves about the ends of said valve seat, a valve disposed in said seat and tapered and having an elongated aperture and also having a stem of angular cross-section, closure plugs connected with the body in opposed relation to the ends of the valve seat and having inner corrugated surfaces, one oi? said plugs also having a central bore receiving the stem of the valve, a corruga ed metallic packing member backed by one of said plugs and having a marginal flange disposed in one groove of the liodv, and a corrugated packing member backed by the other closure plug and having a marginal flange in the other groove of the body and also having a hollow stein receiving the angular stern of the valve and arranged and adapted to be turned in the bore of the closure plug.

2. The COHlblIliLtiOIlOf a valvebody having a valve seat and a bore intersecting said seat and also having a groove surrounding one end of said seat, a closure plug con- 10 nected to the body and having an inner cor rugated end and also having a central bore, a valve in the seat and having an angular stein disposed in said bore, and a corrugated metallic packing member having a flange arranged in said groove and also having a hollow stein extending through said bore and receiving the stem of the valve.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

JOHN F. RUSSELL. 

